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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 93-1283900

M Lowell Edwards Foundation

A private foundation in St Paul, MN. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 12 grants and $112,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $112,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $2,157,678
  • Tax year 2023

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,780,662
  • Tax year 2022

    $100,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,844,960
  • Tax year 2021

    $107,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,917,736
  • Tax year 2020

    $84,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $1,480,644
  • Tax year 2019

    $108,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $845,219
  • Tax year 2018

    $90,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $891,206

Grants paid in 2024

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. Oregon Health Science UniversityPortland, OR

    General support

    $56,000
  2. Individual

    General support

    $15,000
  3. Legacy Health FoundationPortland, OR

    General support

    $7,000
  4. Oregon SymphonyPortland, OR

    General support

    $7,000
  5. AAUW Nevada County BranchGrass Valley, CA

    General support

    $6,000
  6. See Ya Later FoundationMcMinnville, OR

    General support

    $6,000
  7. St Jude Children's HospitalMemphis, TN

    General support

    $4,000
  8. Reed CollegePortland, OR

    General support

    $3,000
  9. Individual

    General support

    $2,000
  10. Saturday AcademyPortland, OR

    General support

    $2,000
  11. University of California DavisDavis, CA

    General support

    $2,000
  12. Individual

    General support

    $2,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education2 grants $9,00050% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $7,00039% of the total
  3. Animals1 grant $2,00011% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon6 grants $81,000
  2. California2 grants $8,000
  3. Tennessee1 grant $4,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Teresa Edwards AllenTrustee Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Craig AllenTrustee Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Bruce David EdwardsTrustee Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Karen YoungTrustee Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • David SchwendemanTrustee Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Miles R EdwardsTrustee Hours 0.1Pay $0
  • Nancy E EdwardsTrustee Hours 0.1Pay $0

The return

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